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TIL that ABC cuts scenes from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to allow for more commercials, even though it’s about the overcommercialization of Christmas

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jNZRQ TIL that after the Spanish Civil war, many Republicans fled to exile in France. During WW2 more than 60,000 Spanish Republicans, experienced in guerrilla warfare, joined the French Resistance and Free French Forces. The first allied division to enter Paris was almost entirely Spanish.
D1KJV TIL that a fossilized Daddy Longlegs was found sporting a 99-million-year-old erection
7rovL TIL Towel Day is a tribute to Douglas Adams during which fans of Adams carry around a towel all day. Towel Day takes place on May 25th
D1G6j TIL of the Buddhist concept of Anatta that states the non-existence of a permanent, unchanging Soul
ANwA4 TIL A man who called his ex-girlfriend 1,011 times in a few weeks, hired two companies to put up missing posters of the woman around Vancouver and created fake social media accounts for her received a suspended sentence and three years’ probation for criminal harassment